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My original OS was Windows Vista home.

I'm relatively new to Linux, so this is pretty difficult on my end. After looking up other forum topics, I ended up typing lspci|grep Net and the result was:

04:00.0 Network cotroller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
06:00.0Etheret controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

I'm not sure where to go from here though.

karel
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Chris I
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Please get a temporary wired ethernet connection, open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+t and do:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
sudo modprobe -r b43 && sudo modprobe b43

Detach the ethernet and the wireless should be working.

To be certain the module loads on boot:

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Add a single line at the end:

b43

Proofread, save and close gedit. You should be all set.

chili555
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  • Thank you so much, this worked like a charm. At this point the wifi will stay after out the computer being on, unfortunately it turns off and disables it again when you restart the computer. I made sure to save the command prompt in a new document for future reference. Thanks again! – Chris I Aug 17 '13 at 02:37
  • Please see my edit above. – chili555 Aug 18 '13 at 21:13